Hi Dexen, > * by default, many derivative cat use single, bare dash (`-') to stand for > /dev/stdin, but picolisp (the interpreter) seems to skip arguments after > first > bare dash. is there any way around it?
Right, a single dash has a special meaning on the command line. It inhibits the loading/executing of further command line arguments, to have them passed as plain arguments to the application (shortly described in "http://software-lab.de/doc/ref.html#invoc";, "Invocation". This is observed when loading all arguments with (load T), or by (opt). (argv), however, behaves a little different. It returns all remaining arguments, even if they contain "-", but NOT if the "-" is the first one because it then assumes it is the remaining position of the above rule. Quite confusing ... So I would discourage from using a single "-" as a command line argument, and use "--" in such cases if necessary. Cheers, - Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe
